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C6ortere& fig fge igentrof ^cief j, ifijeccmBcr 19. 1895- 



£>fficcr0, 

©entfcmcn of t^e Councif crnb 

^tanfting Commitfccs. 

1900. 



COVERNO/?, 

HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, 
Los Angeles. 

DEPUTY GOVERNOR . 

Hon. Erskine Mayo Ross. 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 

Spencer Roane Thorpe. 

SECRETARY AND TREASURER, 

Harrison Babcock Alexander, 

Room 420 Henne Block, Los Angeles. 
REGISTRAR, 

Edward Thomas Harden, 

2331 Thompson St., Los Angeles. 
HISTORIAN, 

Bradner Wells Lee. 

CHANCELLOR, 

George Jules Denis. 

SURGEON, 

John Randolph Haynes, M. D. 

chaplain, 
Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin. 



GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, 
Term Explriag 1900. 

Hon. Eijsha Williams McKinstry, 

Frederick Hastings Rindge, 

WiLLARD ATHERTON NiCHOLS. 
Term Expiring 1901. 

Hon. Cameron Erskine Thom, 

Captain Josiah Alonzo Osgood, 

Hon. George Eli Hall. 

Term Explriag 1902. 

Frank Putnam Flint, 

Isaac Hilliard Polk, 

Cameron DeHart Thom. 
committee on membership, 
George Jules Denis, 

Frank Putnam Flint, 

Edward Thomas Harden, 

Bradner Wells Lee, 

Spencer Roane Thorpe. 

committee on historical documents, 
Bradner Wells Lee, Chairman Ex-Officio, 
Philip King Brown, M. D., 

Walter Augustus Hawley, 

William Hammond Wright. 
committee on entertainment, 
Captain Josiah Alonzo Osgood, 
George Jules Denis, 

Hervey Darneal, 

John Randolph Haynes, M. D., 

Motley Hewes Flint. 
delegates to the general society, 
Rev. William Augustus Brewer, 
George Timothy Klink, 

Frederick Hastings Rindge, 

CAPTAIN Albert Henry Payson, 
Holdridge Ozro Collins. 
alternates, 
Edwin Rodolph Dimond, 

Hon. George Eli Hall, 

Frederick Schander Moody, 

Henry Atherton Nichols, 
Commander Josiah Rumball Stanton, U. S. N. 
deputy governor general, 
Spencer Roane Thorpe. 



(HofC of (memfierg 



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Alexander, Harrison Babcock, Lawyer, 

Brewer, Rev. William Augustus, Clergyman, 

Brown, Frank Lampson, Merchant, 

Brown, Philip King, M. D., Physician, 

Collins, Holdridge Ozro, Lawyer, 

CowLES, WilliamNorThrope, Manufacturer, 

Darneal, Hervey, Law Reporter, 

DENIS, George Jules, Lawyer, .... 

DiMOND, Edwin Rodolph, Merchant, 

FennER, Charles Putnam, U. S. Customs Inspector, 

Flint, Frank Putnam, U. S. District Attorney, 

Flint, Motley Hewes, U. S. Post Office Inspector, 

Hall, Charles Lander, Trader, 

Hall, Hon. George Eli, Turkish Consul General, etc.. 

Hall, Maurice Arthur, Secretary Turkish Consulate Gen 

Harden, Edward Thomas, Electrician, 

Hawley, Walter Augustus, Merchant, . 

Haynes, John Randolph, M. D., Physician, 

Klink, George Timothy, Auditor Southern Pacific Co., 

Klink, William Marcy, Accountant, 

Lee, Bradner Wells, Lawyer, .... 

McKinstry, Hon. Elisha Williams, Lawyer, . 

Ex-Justice Supreme Court of California, 
Merw'IN, Rev. Alexander Moss, Clergyman, 

Moody, Frederick Schander, Merchant, . 

Nichols, Henry Atherton, Banker, 

Nichols, Willard Atherton, Civil Engineer, 



. Los Angeles 

San Mateo 

San Francisco 

San Francisco 

. Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

Alameda 

Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

Manila, Luzon 

. Los Angeles 

Los Angeles 

Michaels, Alaska 

San Francisco 

1, San Francisco 

Los Angeles 

Santa Barbara 

Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

San Francisco 

. Los Angeles 

San Francisco 

Pasadena 

Burlingame 

Cambridge, Mass. 

Redlands 



Osgood, Josiah Alonzo, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, . Los Angeles 

Payson, Albert Henry, Civil Engineer, San Mateo 

Polk, Isaac Hilliard, Miner, Los .'\ngeles 

Prescott, Frank Clarke, Capt. 43d Regt. U. S. V., . Philippine Islands 
Rindge, Frederick Hastings, Manufacturer, . . . Santa Monica 



Ross, Hon. Erskine M.\yo, U. S. Circuit Judge . 
Stanton, Commander Josiah Rumball, U. S. Navy, 
Thom, Hon. Cameron Erskine, .... 
Thom, Cameron De Hart, Rancher, . 
Thom, Catesby Charles, Law Student, . 
Thorpe, Spencer Roane, Rancher, 
Wright, William Hammond, Astronomer, 



Los Angeles 
Mare Island 
Los Angeles 
Glendale 
Los Angeles 
Los Angeles 
Mt. Hamilton 




of te? 
^ocict^ of Cofoniat' HJaxB 

in t&e 

^tatc of Cafifornia. 



local secretary 
Philip King Brown, M. D. 

No. 1220 Sutter Street. 



Tbe Sao Francisco Chapter was orgaQized on February 3, 1898, 
UQder tbe provisions of (Article XV of the State Society By-Laws. 
"Members of th)e California State Society residing within a radius 
of fifty miles of Sao Francisco shall be eligible for merobership 
iO this Cf)apter." 



dfficCTB on^ Commiffees, 
1900. 



president, 
Edwin Rodolph Dimond. 

•vice-'president, 
Hon, George Eli Hall. 

secret ar y- treasurer , 
Philip King Brown, M. D. 

committee on cmembersh/t, 

Rev. William Augustus Brewer. 

George Timothy Klink. 

committee on entertainment, 

Frederick Schander Moody. 

Captain Albert Henry Payson. 



IFn /Iftemoriam, 



^ant nt -Xatnuirh, danntrtirut, ^unr 4, 1831, 

gicd at ^an HUatca, (Cnlifanxia, 

Frhruarg 16, 1899. 



IXfiUiam (^nt^on^ (Bfberain 

ffiolonel of the ^Initrd Statrs ^nnp. 

^anx at Tots dam, -Xnu HI ark, '-(Uaii 15, 1839, 

giEd at TOiddlrtouitt, i\'ciu ^l]ork, 

ganuarw I, 1900. 



C^adtB Bee CoCCtne 

Captain 23rri ^nfantrl1, ^Inttrd States ^nni'. 

^iant at -Xriuport, ^Uniturkr, %n\v 24, 1859, 
HiEd at QIeIiu, TlTilippint -Islands, 
SBptrmhcv 7, 1899. 




©cntfemcn : 

At the convening: of our Fourth General Court on December 
21, J 899, there were thirty-eight gfentlemen of this Society. Since 
that date, Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer, D. D., Colonel William Anthony 
Elderkin and Captain Charles Lee Collins have died, and we have 
elected three new members, Frank Lampson Brown, William 
Northrope Cowles and Maurice Arthur Hall, all of San Francisco, 
our number remaining unchanged. Since the organization of this 
Society, we have received into membership fifty gentlemen, and we 
have lost twelve by death and resignation. 

Mr. Fenner has been appointed Inspector of Customs at Manila, 
Luzon, and Mr. Prescott was commissioned a Captain in the Forty- 
third Regiment of Infantry, U. S. V., and he is now serving with 
his Command in the Philippine Islands. 

The death of Dr. Brewer, in the midst of his usefulness was a 
great loss, not only to this Society, but to the State of California, for 
which he had done so much in the religious and intellectual educa- 
tion of her youth. 

The Veteran, William Anthony Elderkin, a Colonel of the 
United States Army, after a life of valuable service to his country, 
whose name shines on the roll at Washington, of those who have 
deserved well of their fellow men, after a prolonged illness, quietly 
departed from us 

" Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 
About him, and lies dozvn to pleasant dreams." 

The sudden death at Cebu, of Captain Collins, and the almost 
immediate following of his young widow, were particularly 
mournful. 

We all bow with submission to the fiat that takes from us those 
who have fulfilled their missions, and who drop from us and their 



life's earned rewards, like the ripened Autumn leaf ; but why, in the 
eternal economy of human affairs, we should be compelled to suffer 
the loss of dear friends, relatives and companions, in the flower of 
their life, whose presence makes existence sweeter to us, who seem to 
be a necessity in the duties devolvingf upon them, cut down when 
the future presents a career of brilliant and honorable usefulness, is 
a mystery which will never be solved for us this side the Gates of 

Paradise. 

" / came like water, and like wind I go. ' ' 

We have caused Memorials to the memory of these departed 
associates, with expressions of profound sympathy for their families, 
to be spread at large upon our records, that they who, in the coming 
years shall have charge of this Society, may read the evidence of 
our esteem for those whose names no longer remain upon our 
Membership Roll. 

Our Annual Roster for 1899 contained the Seal, Vignette and 
Flag of the California Society, and the Flag of the General Society. 
With this number we present a fac-simile of the Seal, Insignia and 
Certificate of Membership which are issued only by the General 
Society, and the portraits of nearly all of our members. It is hoped 
that we will be able to obtain engravings of all of the gentlemen 
composing this Society, for insertion in future publications. 

At the Second General Assembly of our Society, held in Balti- 
more, Maryland, on May 10, 1899, Mr. Frederic J. de Peyster was 
unanimously re-elected Governor General. It is a matter of congratu- 
lation that this gentleman is to continue in the responsible position 
which he has occupied so satisfactorily to all, since the organization 
of the Society. 

It gives me pleasure to announce the promotion of Mr. Stanton 
in the Navy, on January 20, J 900, to be Pay Inspector, with the 
rank of Commander. 




Cy(UCuX> 



Governor. 



Los Angeles, 

March 1, 1900. 



Genus et Proavos et Quae non Fecimus ipsi 
Vix EA Nostra Voco." 




Colonel milliam }1nthonv eiderkin 

( DECEASED ) 




Captain Charks Cct eoilins 

( DECEASED ) 




I>arrv Ulooavtile Cathatn 



( DECEASED ; 




I>am$on Babcock Jllexander 



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"W™™^"""'*'-'" 




Trank Campson Brown 




Philip Kins Brown, m. D. 




6eordc 3ulc$ Denis 




Edwin Rodolph Dimond 




Ron. George eU Rail 




motley f)iwis Tlint 




Gdward Chomas l^arden 




6eorge Cimothy HIink 




Bradncr Ulells Cec 




Ron. €lisha lUilliams mcKinstry 




Uliiiard nmrm nichois 




Hlbcrt ficnry payson. 




Isaac I)illtardiPolk 




Trcdcrkk l)a$ting$ Rindge 




fion. erskinc mayo Ross 




3o$iab Runiball Stanton, U. $. n. 




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eatesbv Charks Cbom 




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